Name the movie this scene is from...?

[Thunderbird]

I need help remembering the name of a movie in which there is a scene where a mother, her child, and a few other people are hiding out from danger (from soldiers, a monster, I can't remember). The baby starts crying, the other people tell the mother to do something about the noise from the baby. so the mother, after some hesitation, smothers the baby's mouth knowing she could be suffocating it. Following some tense moments where the group of people are nearly discovered, the danger finally passes and we see the mother quietly weeping as she realizes she did indeed suffocate the baby in order to save her and the group of people.

This kind of an iconic scene might have been in more than one movie, but the one I am trying to remember is from an older war movie.

Anyone?

 

[CaptainDunsel]

This scene you describe was in the MASH finale. I do not know about any other movie with that particular scene.

 

[Thunderbird]

This scene you describe was in the MASH finale. I do not know about any other movie with that particular scene.

Ahhh...maybe that's where I saw it, thanks.

 

[Lasrjock]

This scene you describe was in the MASH finale. I do not know about any other movie with that particular scene.

It is what drove Hawkeye to the mental ward (metaphorically).

 

[velocityg4]

Wasn’t a scene like that in Dances with Wolves? I know it was in some western.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Wasn’t a scene like that in Dances with Wolves? I know it was in some western.

Yes, it was.

 

[Herdfan]

I know the scene you are asking about, but I can't remember the movie.

There is a similar scene in Quigley Down Under.